Automation library · Documents and files

Working with Excel

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across FTP and Google Drive. 12 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 1Service 10

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1On clicking 'execute'Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Read Binary FileRead Binary FileService
  3. 3Download Excel FileHttp RequestService
  4. 4Download from Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  5. 5Download from Microsoft OneDriveMicrosoft One DriveService
  6. 6Read Spreadsheet FileSpreadsheet FileService
  7. 7Work out AgeSetLogic
  8. 8Write Spreadsheet FileSpreadsheet FileService
  9. 9Upload to SFTPFtpService
  10. 10Upload to Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  11. 11Write Binary FileWrite Binary FileService
  12. 12Upload to Microsoft OneDriveMicrosoft One DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
12
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
FTP, Google Drive
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own FTP and Google Drive accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 12 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.